Posts Tagged ‘Union Organizing’
UFCW Secretary Treasurer, Instrumental in Unionizing Plant, Stole Thousands in Dues
This is a story filled with irony that proves truth is often stranger than fiction. A man named Terry Slaughter was instrumental in a 15-year campaign to unionize a Smithfield Foods slaughterhouse in North Carolina, became a union officer then betrayed his fellow union members by stealing thousands of dollars in dues money. While gaining…
Read MoreNon-Medically Trained Control Over Hospital Staffing Growing
And, the United Nurses and Allied Professional is one example. While the union keeps a nurse as president, the union is actually run by two brothers: a lawyer and a labor activist. Two brothers, who have no medical management experience, appeared to be looking for a target rich environment to build a union. They focused…
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School Bus Drivers Sue to Remove Union They Never Wanted libertyheadlines.com, November 29, 2018 Two school-bus drivers in Pennsylvania want to remove a union from their workplace, but the National Labor Relations Board isn’t letting them. Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Foundation, said: “The National Labor Relations Act is premised on…
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Journalists Turning to Union Protection in Turbulent Times bloomberglaw.com, October 26, 2018 Unionization can be problematic when all employees are forced into a “one-size-fits-all contract,” National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation spokesman Patrick Semmens told Bloomberg Law in an email. “The problem with unionization under current U.S. labor law, whether of a newsroom or…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News August 31, 2018
Opinion: This Labor Day, celebrate the freedom and prosperity of right to work detroitnews.com, August 30, 2018 by Mark Mix Right-to-work states have enjoyed private sector job growth rates more than 1.3 times higher than in forced unionism states, according to an analysis of federal government statistics compiled by the National Institute for Labor Relations…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News August 03, 2018
US Supreme Court ruling in union dues impacts case in Oregon kveo.com, July 30, 2018 Debora Nearman, a systems analyst with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, said in her lawsuit filed in April in federal court that the state’s practice of forcing her to pay fees to fund union activity violated her First Amendment…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work Clips June 21, 2018
After Three Decades Couple Prevails over Union freebeacon.com, June 17, 2018 The Pirlotts sought out a lawyer locally to defend their right to withdraw but could not find one to take the case. That’s when they turned to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation to fight the union’s handling of the withdrawal petition.…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News June 15, 2018
Will Repeal Right to Work Law, Michigan Governor Candidate Vows heartland.org, June 12, 2018 Gretchen Whitmer, a candidate in the Michigan Democratic Party gubernatorial primary, says she will work to repeal the state’s right-to-work (RTW) law, if selected by her party and elected in November. Stan Greer, a senior research associate for the National Institute…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News March 23, 2018
Featured Video – I Was a Union President. Now I Support Right to Work capitalresearch.org, March 20, 2018 Ben Johnson spent the last decade as treasurer and then president of AFT Vermont, the state affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, the second-largest teachers union in the country. For three of those years, Johnson also…
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Right to Work States Hold 2:1 Job-Growth Advantage Over Forced Union States CNS News Online, March 14, 2018 The 22 states that already had Right to Work laws prohibiting forced union dues and fees on the books back in 2007 enjoyed overall household employment growth of 8.8 percent over the next year. Meanwhile, aggregate employment…
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